Thirteen to Fifteen were the absolutely worst years of my life. There have been days or months since then that blew chunks, but those years were the worst YEARS. If someone offered me something that would only benefit me (money, fame, what have you) they could never manage to even get me to consider reliving these years. If some deity offered to ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone thought I'd stopped writing or something. (Nope. I'm still breathing-- so still writing)

WALKING ON SUNSHINE
Current Draft at approx 50% Complete: 51779 (Holy crap. You mean I'm actually on target for word count and not horrendously over? That NEVER happens.)
Total Written On Project: 70675

I'm really trying to not do any major ( Read more... )

Dear Sir ( Read more... )

I have made a miscalculation. Writing a setting in the near past is really difficult. I mean there's a certain amount of hand waving and personal memory that goes into it... but there are details that must be researched and verified. Writing in the near past means there's a strong possibility that there are people alive who remember things well ( Read more... )

Fictional characters should be easier to control.

Gah.

  There are a lot of anthropologist jokes about dinosaurs. This REALLY confused me coming from a geeky family. It did not even occur to me that people might get Anthropology and Paleontology confused. I continued to think of this as an unfortunate but mildly funny thing that happened to OTHER PEOPLE. Then I moved here... and it started happening to ( Read more... )

 I've hit the sausage stage with this writing project. Things are really starting to come together... but much like sausage, people shouldn't watch how it is made. There are still clumsy transitions, subtle things that hit like a 2x4, and subtle things that don't even register as a whisper of moth wings on the wind. There are obvious things that ( Read more... )

So, I can edit my own journal page to show the widgets I want and all of that... why the hell can't I edit what shows on my LJ home page?

I want the Writer's Block and the Gifts to disappear forever... if I never have to see the disturbing animated bear humping or the dead baby dragon ever again I'd be happy.

Am I just missing an option

The new exercise routine is going relatively well. On my "long" exercise days I use the Wii Fit for 30 minutes (usually a combo of yoga and strength), Bike for one episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender and watch a second episode while I do cool down and crunches. On "short" days I usually pick bike or Wii. On days I don't bike I usually try to do ( Read more... )

Despite all odds my brother Dan turned 29 today.

Dan managed to flip one of these (with inflated tires) at a high enough rate of speed to require 20+ stitches while carrying explosives. He drove his Big Wheel over the rockery. He routinely shocked himself with household current. He was always the kind of kid to walk up to the biggest scariest ( Read more... )